THEME EXPLORATION

systemic violence

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Stepbrothers
Stepbrothers
1958 · Miyoji Ieki
Injustice
Injustice
2025 · Max Boekbinder & Jim Batt
Pass Over
Pass Over
2018 · Spike Lee
Carandiru
Carandiru
2003 · Héctor Babenco
Bodycam
Bodycam
2026 · Brandon Christensen
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
How to Train Your Dragon
How to Train Your Dragon
2010 · Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois
Oldboy
Oldboy
2003 · Park Chan-wook
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
1989 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Bong Joon-ho South Korea · Daegu

Genre-bending narratives that weaponize comedy to expose the brutality of class hierarchies.

 Everardo Gout Mexico

Gout channels genre spectacle to examine societal fractures and systemic brutality.

 Stefano Sollima Italy

Unflinching examinations of institutional corruption and criminal underworlds with documentary-like realism.